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Under services there could be requests for someone to mow a lawn, contractors or house cleaners.
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We cannot hire our rich relatives to mow our lawn because they would charge too much.
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Despite becoming a wealthy and successful CEO who could easily afford to hire help, George Romney instilled this same work ethic in his kids by requiring them to mow the lawn, shovel snow, rake leaves, weed the garden, and clean the house.
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These are the people who mow your lawn, flip your burgers and, generally, fill any number of jobs that provide an income that walks the line between the ability to support a family and having insufficient money to keep it all together.
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If you do not have the time, ability or inclination to interview renters, place ads, mow the lawn, repair broken appliances, steam clean carpets between renters, etc. you may want to contract with service providers, such as a property-management company, yard service or housekeeping company to ensure that the property is maintaining its value and that you know what your renters are doing.
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"They mow lawns, and now I can buy ETFs for them with their lawn-mowing money without paying a commission, " he says.
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